Ebola: ‘We were quarantined for an hour in Montenegro’

As the Nigerian government battles the Ebola virus, two lecturers from Adeyemi College of Education in Ondo State, Dr. Kehinde Adenegan and Mr. Bankole Aderemi, at the weekend narrated their experience in the hands of officials in Montenegro.

The duo, who took a flight from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Friday about 11:25pm and arrived Podgorica in Montenegro the following day about 1:25pm, said they were quarantined for an hour by Montenegro airport officials before they were released.

The lecturers were among the 172 registered participants selected from 23 countries by the Chairman of the Mathematics Education into 21st Century Project, Dr. Alan Rogerson, holding in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Adenegan is expected to deliver a paper on “Early Child Numeracy”, an aspect of Mathematics Education. The programme will last for one week.

Adenegan, who sent an e-mail to our reporter in Akure, the Ondo State capital, from Montenegro, said they were disappointed that despite showing the officials their Ebola medical report tests conducted at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, the officials still quarantined them.

He noted that the officials showed them the names of the six countries, including Nigeria, pasted at the passport control posts.

Adenegan said: “We showed them our reports on arrival at Podgorica. Our passports and documents were collected for verification. The unfortunate thing is that six countries’ names have been pasted at the passport control posts, including Nigeria’s. Despite our defence, the doctors showed us a list that six people have died of Ebola in Nigeria, hence our country is not Ebola free.

“We were placed under quarantine and became popular at the airport, as security officials were attached to us.”